Temp Opens a Full Programme of Events This March!

Launch into environmental action with the first ever °TEMP festival, running Thursdays to Sundays from 16 March - 8 April at the Corban Estate Arts Centre and Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery. °TEMP features five unique installations that explore themes of climate change, alongside interactive experiences assisted by leading artists and top scientists, film screenings, discussions, and lively open days.

The five key installations are;

Wai/Water - Climate change is heating up the ocean - changing the way it moves. Ocean currents, drawn in rope, will spread across an acre of park.

Huarere/Weather - The average NZ household annual carbon emission can be represented by a mountainous pile of coal. From black coal to colourful paper fans, human impact on weather is highlighted through Brydee Rood’s unique art.

Kai/Food - Explore cultivating food and managing consumption within a booming city. The entrance to Corban Estate will host a large edible gateway, along with community gardens.

Whakaruru/Shelter - An invitation to do community shelter differently in Auckland. Experience living in an extreme disaster zone, by making shelters from upcycled materials alongside strangers.

Angi/Air - Contribute to a mixed reality installation, both visual and virtual, to explore the living breathing Waitakere Ranges.

Key Events

Whanau Day, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Saturday 18 March, 11am – 4pm

°TEMP invites all ages to learn more about climate change, and how to make a difference. Activations will run throughout the day with artists like Gabby O’Connor, The Roots, and Brydee Rood, alongside workshops in sustainability, upcycling, growing food and making hand tools.

Open Studio Day, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Saturday 18 March, 11am – 4pm

Be part of a ground-breaking collaboration where the F4 Artist Collective, school children and scientists have come together to make the invisible visible. Join the creation of a visual and virtual forest, filled with native birds and insects.

Outdoors Film Screening, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Thursday 23 March, 7pm

Screening of ‘The Age of Stupid’, a British documentary film by Franny Armstrong, and winning short films from The Outlook for Someday film sustainability challenge for young people.

Bioblitz, Corban Estate Art Centre, Friday 24, 10am – 11pm and Saturday 25 March, 7am – 4pm

Auckland Museum presents an opportunity to become a ‘citizen scientist’ over 24 hours. Bioblitz includes °TEMP’s five installation projects, climate change workshops and action stations.

Future Vision Session, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Thursday 30 March, 7pm

An open forum on interdisciplinary collaboration, the transformation power of unique public art, community participation and effective climate change communication.

Open Arts Day, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Saturday 1 April, 10am – 4pm

A lively day featuring open studios, live music, pop ups, performances and °TEMP’s five installation projects, climate change workshops and action stations.

°TEMP

16th March - 8 April

Thursdays to Sundays, 11am – 4pm

FREE

Corban Estate Arts Centre and Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, West Auckland.

Please see website for updated schedule and details or ring 09 838 4455

http://www.tempauckland.org.nz/

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°TEMP is proudly brought to you by Corban Estate Arts Center in partnership with Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, with generous support from Foundation North, TTCF, Waitakere Ranges Local Board, Auckland Council and MBIE

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